Economic Impacts

Oregon State receives $10 million grant to work with 13 Native American Tribes on hemp economic development

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The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, seeks to develop sustainable supply chains based on the needs identified by an intertribal business consortium that link regional hemp production, processing and manufacturing to create hemp products.

Spent hemp biomass: A feed use that supports milk production in dairy cows

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As an ingredient, hemp is rich in anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that can benefit an animal’s immune system, performance, and overall health. The study’s lead investigator, Massimo Bionaz, PhD, of the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, explained, “We know from recent research that spent hemp biomass has very promising nutritional value.”

 

Oregon State receives $3.5 million grant to develop barley varieties for chefs, brewers, farmers

Barley at Oregon State University's Hyslop Field Lab. Photo: Sean Nealon, Oregon State University.

“Interest in naked barley is increasing, particularly because of the health benefits,” said Brigid Meints, a barley breeder at Oregon State and project director of the grant. “The problem is, compared to crops like wheat or rice or corn, naked barley has been understudied.